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Frederick Walker, Illustration to 'Autumn Days' by Dora Greenwell

Frederick Walker (1840-1875)Illustration to 'Autumn Days' by Dora GreenwellPublished in A Round of Days (1866), Picture Posies (1874) and English Rustic Pictures (1882); edited and engraved by the Dalziel brothers1862Wood engravingMusuem no. 2960-1904

Walker was commissioned by the Dalziel brothers, leading publishers and wood engravers of the day, to produce a series of prints. They gave him free-rein to choose his subjects and then had poems written to suit the images.